Sister Light Verse Poems

Morning Emergency

The siren didn’t sound;
There was no alarm,
But an emergency there was,
And it had caused some harm.
The pull-up was pulled down 
Removed and even thrown.
Danger!...

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My sister once had a dream, that was driving her crazy.
It seemed so real, but it was very faint and hazy.
She thought it was real...

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Knock, knock, knock
seething at her core,
it's your older sister
emoting once more..
Knock, knock, knock, 
bar that door.
She's launching missiles
in hopes of a sibling war..
Knock, knock, knock.
You've...

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More lipstick! cheered Katie’s brother six-year-old Bard.
Get both cheeks! Get your mouth! How about your nose?
Three-year-old Katie is smearing lipstick on her lips and cheeks
Bard...

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Sister Josefina Javelina packed her bag in Argentina
To go flying off to Rome to see the Pope.
Her desire was to become
More than just a simple...

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Stretch your ribs with laughter:

I was at the wedding ceremony and this woman opposite looked at me  and said" every time I smile, I...

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The 1959 Sears Christmas Catalog is here
My sister and I are taking turns circling things we want.
Every page has circles, stars, hearts, from our pens.
We...

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"Who done did that?"
      My dad had to know

   I pointed at sister
     ...

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Nells has no idea how appealing she is.
Not caring about her appearance like other girls.
She throws on a tribal cat suit and lies in a...

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We thought we’d be the first kids there, this was totally wrong.
Hundreds of people were shoved into Great-grandma’s tiny house.
Maybe fifty, anyway a lot.
I did...

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"Lizzie Borden took an ax
And gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one."

Whoever wrote this jump-rope song
About Lizzie...

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Every child on our block got an Easter chick.
Except me. I got two of them.
My sister also got two, and an incubator.
They were young.
How long...

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She was an old maid with six brothers,
Once again, she held a gun on her “date”.
He began to shake.
His boots clanged together.
Another one gone? A...

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Care Bear mania
It was on our lunch boxes, our children's clothes, in their hair on barrettes.
Care bear games, care bear cards, care bear hats and...

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Thanks to my Sister, master of poetry
I have a Valentine's offer to remember
Should u spy someone with open fly
Ask, "I'd love to borrow your underwear"

CAUTION:...

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